Re: Odd/Even packed numbers.

["Booth Martin" <Booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Oh gosh Paul, aren't those days behind us?  What program doesn't monitor for
an attempt to create a blank or zero keyed record?

With the ability to preface field names a programmer need not fear the ID10T
error.

Additionally, 3 externally described data structures take care of problems
in the screen maintenance: OriginalRecordDS, SavedRecordDS, CurrentRecordDS,
all defined as the same as the record itself.  Those give you all the
checking you need to write a short maintenance program that is bullet-proof.



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-------Original Message-------

From: midrange-l@midrange.com
Date: Thursday, November 28, 2002 12:18:39 PM
To: midrange-l@midrange.com
Subject: Re: Odd/Even packed numbers.


As far as occupying space on screen or paper-- in most cases, you
should use a field with a different name on the screen or page, so
its not usually a problem. Using the same name for the file and the
screen and the page is not usually a good idea-- ...


--Paul E Musselman
PaulMmn@ix.netcom.nospam.com